Priests Accused Of Stealing Millions From Parrish Sep 28, 2006 11:17 pm US/Eastern
(CBS4/AP) DELRAY BEACH Two Roman Catholic priests in Delray Beach are accused of stealing more than eight million dollars in offerings and gifts made to their parish in a span of over 40 years.
Investigators say Monsignor John Skehan and Reverend Francis Guinan skimmed cash from the offertory and used the money for personal profit.
Skehan was arrested Wednesday night at Palm Beach International Airport returning from Ireland on charges that he stole over eight million dollars from St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church. He had been a pastor there for four decades.
They say the 79-year-old priest used the money to buy property and other assets. He is being held on grand theft charges.
Federal authorities say the Reverend Francis Guinan is being sought. He is alleged to have stolen an unspecified amount of money to take gambling trips to Las Vegas and the Bahamas.
An anonymous tip in June 2005 led police and the church to launch the investigation. ''These guys lived the life they told everyone else not to live and they lived it on everyone else's dime,'' police spokesman officer Jeff Messer said. “And one of the seven deadly sins is greed.''
The Diocese of Palm Beach could not be reached for comment.
書名: The STRANGE DEATH OF VINCENT FOSTER 作者: by Christopher Ruddy Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Free Press (October 1, 1997) Language: English ISBN: 0684838370 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds.
-=-=-=-=- 以下內容由 rainbow 在 2005年11月26日 09:58am 時新增 -=-=-=-=- New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
Was Rose's Saint really a scheming sinner? By KATHLEEN LUCADAMO and BILL HUTCHINSON DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
A respected Manhattan priest swindled a devout elderly parishioner out of nearly $500,000 - and used some of the money to buy himself a Jersey Shore condo, a bombshell lawsuit filed yesterday charges. Msgr. John Woolsey, 66, pastor of St. John the Martyr Church on the upper East Side, abused his influence as spiritual adviser to the late Rose Cale to satisfy some unholy greed, the lawsuit claims.
"As a Catholic, I am outraged by the conduct at issue in this case," Janet Naegele, executor of Cale's estate, told the Daily News yesterday. "Priests and pastors, who are revered by their parishioners, should not accept large personal gifts from them."
Cale died in January 2003 at 88. But before she passed away, her friend Naegele, a Manhattan accountant, uncovered evidence that the priest was trying to swipe the elderly woman's entire $1.3 million fortune, the suit contends.
The lawsuit also names the Archdiocese of New York as a defendant, claiming Edward Cardinal Egan should bear responsibility for Woolsey's alleged "reprehensible conduct" and establish rules to prevent similar incidents.
"We haven't seen the lawsuit yet, so I can't respond to that," said archdiocesan spokesman Joseph Zwilling.
Zwilling also declined to vouch for Woolsey, saying, "That's between the estate and him."
Woolsey could not be reached for comment last night. Calls left for his attorney, Christopher Houlihan, were not returned.
Parishioners and colleagues of the veteran priest were stunned by the charges.
"He's a very good person," said Laura Aponte, 50, a member of Woolsey's flock. "He wants to help people. I don't think he would take advantage of anyone."
The Rev. Michael Greene added, "I know nothing of the charges. ... I don't want to hear."
The lawsuit, filed yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court, claims Woolsey bilked Cale of a total of $490,000 in cash and stock, and at one point had her designate him the sole beneficiary of her estate. Cale had inherited her fortune, her estate said.
The lawsuit says Woolsey "exercised undue influence on Miss Cale and was able to manipulate her to his personal gain."
Cale gave Woolsey $100,000 to buy a condo on the Jersey Shore, the suit contends. The priest also got Cale to make $241,500 in charitable donations to St. John the Martyr by telling her the money was needed for expenses, such as replacing the organ, court papers say.
"These representations of material facts by Msgr. Woolsey were false, known by Msgr. Woolsey to be false ... " the lawsuit says, adding that the priest allegedly used Cale's donations for his personal use.
Cale, who never married or bore any children, began attending Woolsey's E. 71st St. church in 1997, upon becoming disillusioned with another parish, said attorney Brian Caplan, who is representing her estate.
Caplan, from the Manhattan law firm Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, said Cale lived with her elderly brother on E. 77th St. and attended Mass every day until her death.
She grew close to Woolsey, who showed her more attention than just hearing her confessions and giving her Communion, the lawsuit claims.
"Over time, Msgr. Woolsey interjected himself into Miss Cale's daily affairs of both a personal and a business nature," said the suit, adding that the priest often would dine with Cale and accompany her to medical appointments.
He also would write letters to Cale, signing them "Love, Monsignor Woolsey," the suit contends.
Then, in 1999, Woolsey allegedly told Cale of his "hopes and plans" to buy the condo on the Jersey Shore. She responded by giving him $100,000, according to the suit.
Property records reviewed by The News show Woolsey bought a $100,000 condo in the Channel Club Tower in Monmouth Beach, N.J., in 1999. Caplan said Woolsey has since sold the condo.
Also in 1999, Woolsey got Cale to transfer her stock portfolio with Prudential Securities into an account with both their names that his broker established, according to the suit.
Then, in May 2000, Woolsey allegedly persuaded Cale to write a will naming him the sole beneficiary, the suit claims, adding that church personnel witnessed her signing the document.
The will would have left Cale's 87-year-old brother, Frank, who is frail and nearly deaf, with no means of sustenance except Social Security, the suit claims.
When Naegele found out about the will, she immediately had Cale void it and write another making her the executor, she said.
Naegele said that when she confronted Woolsey about the $490,000 he allegedly took from Cale, the priest told her he accepted only $80,000.
Naegele said yesterday that the case shows how easily "parishioners can ... be manipulated by those individuals from who they seek spiritual guidance, particularly the elderly."
keepmeok
發表於： 2005/11/10 05:14pm
calab兄, 以命論命, 一看就似那一位是富中之富
calab
發表於： 2005/11/08 08:05pm
下面引用由rainbow在 2005/11/06 00:02pm 發表的內容： 當然有 backup, 當你 活在古代 "處女情結" 下 , 我常讀報紙和跟上時事新聞。Bill Clinton 和 Hilary Clinton 兩夫妻 無法無天, 非常狡猾.
新聞爆發時侯, 我讀美國主要的報紙, 但是需要一點時間搜尋 major newspaper, 在線上網路公共圖書館搜尋報紙檔案 (newspaper archive search), Vincent Foster 的屍體在1993 年 7 月 20 日被發現.
但是我也在網際網路上發現 一些網站 raising suspicions about his "suicide".
What about the evidence? Surely there must be evidence that Foster committed suicide. Well, in fact, there is not. The official story is that he drove to Ft Marcy Park, walked into the woods, put a .38 in his mouth and pulled the trigger. But there was very little blood where his body was found. There were no bone fragments or brain matter on the ground; and the fatal bullet was never found. None of Foster's teeth were broken by the substantial recoil of the .38. The barrel of the gun had no blood on it. There really is no evidence for suicide - except for falsified evidence.
Why would the FBI falsify evidence? Who could direct them to do so? A man named Patrick Knowlton was in Ft Marcy Park that afternoon and witnessed suspicious activity by someone whom he now believes was acting as a lookout. The FBI report of the interview begins by misspelling Knowlton's name, obscuring his identity. It states that he did not see anything suspicious and would not be able to identify anyone he saw. But two years later a British reporter tracked Knowlton down and got the real story. Knolwton's memory of the lookout was sufficiently good that the London Telegraph commissioned and published (10/22/95) a police sketch of the man Knowlton saw. Furthermore, Knowlton is certain that Foster's car was not in the parking lot; which could be why someone falsified the Knowlton interview.
What about all the official investigations: Fiske, D'Amato, Starr? They each addressed the dubious production of the torn note, but none bothered to produce the opinion of a certified handwriting expert. Why should anyone think them more thorough or honest in their treatment of the other evidence?
What about the media? Why would they go along? The only US reporter who has attempted to investigate the Foster death was fired from his job at the New York Post. He had to take a job with a small paper in Pittsburgh. Every critic of this Administration is transformed into a liar. If you think that Clinton's defenders are at all vicious attacking those who point out sexual indiscretions of the President, it doesn't take much imagination to guess what might happen to those who ask questions about suspicious deaths.
What about the evidence? Surely there must be evidence that Foster committed suicide. Well, in fact, there is not. The official story is that he drove to Ft Marcy Park, walked into the woods, put a .38 in his mouth and pulled the trigger. But there was very little blood where his body was found. There were no bone fragments or brain matter on the ground; and the fatal bullet was never found. None of Foster's teeth were broken by the substantial recoil of the .38. The barrel of the gun had no blood on it. There really is no evidence for suicide - except for falsified evidence.
Why would the FBI falsify evidence? Who could direct them to do so? A man named Patrick Knowlton was in Ft Marcy Park that afternoon and witnessed suspicious activity by someone whom he now believes was acting as a lookout. The FBI report of the interview begins by misspelling Knowlton's name, obscuring his identity. It states that he did not see anything suspicious and would not be able to identify anyone he saw. But two years later a British reporter tracked Knowlton down and got the real story. Knolwton's memory of the lookout was sufficiently good that the London Telegraph commissioned and published (10/22/95) a police sketch of the man Knowlton saw. Furthermore, Knowlton is certain that Foster's car was not in the parking lot; which could be why someone falsified the Knowlton interview.
What about all the official investigations: Fiske, D'Amato, Starr? They each addressed the dubious production of the torn note, but none bothered to produce the opinion of a certified handwriting expert. Why should anyone think them more thorough or honest in their treatment of the other evidence?
What about the media? Why would they go along? The only US reporter who has attempted to investigate the Foster death was fired from his job at the New York Post. He had to take a job with a small paper in Pittsburgh. Every critic of this Administration is transformed into a liar. If you think that Clinton's defenders are at all vicious attacking those who point out sexual indiscretions of the President, it doesn't take much imagination to guess what might happen to those who ask questions about suspicious deaths.
下面引用由rainbow在 2005/11/05 04:43pm 發表的內容： 哈哈! Bill Clinton 和 Hilary Clinton 兩夫妻非常狡猾.
他兩 非常擅長於 毀滅現場証據, Whitewater-gate 醜聞, Vincent Foster 和 Hilary Clinton 同樣是 Rose Law Firm 的合夥人(law firm partner). Vincent Foster 神秘離奇「自殺」。太多矛盾, 我認為他們殺死 Vincent Foster 毀滅 Whitewater-gate 証據, Vincent Foster 是左撇子, 他竟然用右手握著 "自殺" 手槍, 到公園 "自殺", 他的鞋底部竟然沒有青草黏附, Vincent Foster 好像是 "被運送" 到公園送死的.
當然，Bill Clinton 也有著名的 quote: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." (Washington, D.C., January 26, 1998)
下面引用由rainbow在 2005/11/05 04:43pm 發表的內容： 哈哈! Bill Clinton 和 Hilary Clinton 兩夫妻非常狡猾. 他兩 非常擅長於 毀滅現場証據, Whitewater-gate 醜聞, Vincent Foster 和 Hilary Clinton 同樣是 Rose Law Firm 的合夥人(law firm partner). Vin ...
看彩虹说话,感觉好风趣.
rainbow
發表於： 2005/11/05 04:43pm
哈哈! Bill Clinton 和 Hilary Clinton 兩夫妻非常狡猾.
他兩 非常擅長於 毀滅現場証據, Whitewater-gate 醜聞, Vincent Foster 和 Hilary Clinton 同樣是 Rose Law Firm 的合夥人(law firm partner). Vincent Foster 神秘離奇「自殺」。太多矛盾, 我認為他們殺死 Vincent Foster 毀滅 Whitewater-gate 証據, Vincent Foster 是左撇子, 他竟然用右手握著 "自殺" 手槍, 到公園 "自殺", 他的鞋底部竟然沒有青草黏附, Vincent Foster 好像是 "被運送" 到公園送死的.
當然，Bill Clinton 也有著名的 quote: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." (Washington, D.C., January 26, 1998)
全世界學了 張開眼睛說謊 一課. 幸好藍色裙子証據還在.
az259
發表於： 2005/11/06 00:08am
rainbow, 那一次要記 bill clinton 一功. 對付那些邪教不用講道義. 他派軍隊把那些殺光光. 然後用火焰噴射器燒光現場, 還說那些教徒有火箭炮, 那裡彈藥夠裝備整團人云云. 所以要派軍隊殺他們就變得天經地義, 然後又燒毀現場証據來個死無對証. 對付這些人還是一個字"殺"
一共是四個數字，如果看不清楚，請重新整理
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